Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 21 Something Strange Got Into Them
Liu Bang sat in the upper seat with a solemn expression. Compared to before, he was more like the ruler of an empire at this moment.

The princes, kings and the royal family members are sitting on his left, from Liu Ying, Liu Jiao, Liu Jia, Liu Fei, Liu Ruyi, to Zhang Ao, Liu Xi, Fan Kuai, Lu Shizhi and so on.

Hmm, there seems to be something mixed in there?
That's right, there was a Fan Kuai in the mix. Fan Kuai was Empress Lu's brother-in-law, and he was also a relative of Liu Bang.

You ask Liu Ruyi?Oh, he is the king of Zhao, although he is only in name, he has not yet gone to his own fief, but he is indeed the king of Zhao.

The founding heroes were sitting on the right side, headed by Xiao He. After the worship was over, Liu Bang brought all of them and conducted this alternative court meeting.

"Chen Xi said that he was about to die, and the waist down was rotten, so he couldn't come!"

When Liu Bang spoke like this, the ministers below almost laughed out loud. However, since the Emperor Taishang had just passed away, they could not laugh. It was a serious crime to laugh at this moment.Liu Bang didn't even laugh, he said very seriously: "I see, he has to be replaced by someone else as the prime minister of the country, let Zhou Chang take the post concurrently."

Originally, Liu Bang named Liu Ruyi the king of Zhao, made Zhou Chang the prime minister of Zhao, and let Chen Xi manage the land.But there is no king in Zhao State, because Liu Ruyi is young and has not yet reached the age of leaving the palace.

Chen Xi was a veteran of Liu Bang's command. In the second year of Qin II, he joined Liu Bang's uprising army. In the first year of Qin Ziying's first year, he was awarded the title of marquis because of his military exploits. His title is real, because The people who together with him in the title of marquis were Fan Kuai, Zhou Bo, Cao Can, Xiahouying, Jin She, and Zhou Cong.

Even people who don't know this name will know what kind of person this guy is after seeing these names alongside him. This person is definitely one of the first batch of fierce men in the founding of the country. He may not be as good as Han Xin. Kind of ceiling, but absolutely superb.

It is worth mentioning that this Chen Xi was Han Xin's subordinate for a long time, and he participated in many battles with Han Xin.

When Chen Xi was mentioned, the princes didn't feel anything, but the ministers had different expressions.The princes don't know that Zhou Chang is a very upright and strong man. He once went to Zhao State to see Chen Xi's carriage. Chen Xi's accompanying guests had more than 1000 carriages. full.

And Chen Xi treated the guests in the way of communication among the common people, and was humble and respectful every time, condescending to others.

After seeing this scene, Zhou Chang returned to Beijing and told Liu Bang: There have been changes from generation to generation!

Liu Bang ordered several ministers to thoroughly investigate the matter on behalf of the land, and found that Chen Xi's guests had a lot of illegal behavior, many of which involved Chen Xi.However, Liu Bang did not raise the behavior of the guests to the host, and did not pursue any further investigations. He just wrote to Chen Xi and asked him to take good care of his guests.

Therefore, hearing that Chen Xi was unwilling to come, the expressions of these ignorant princes and those of the ministers who knew it were completely different.

"King Liang, King Huainan has also written a letter. King Liang said that he was busy dealing with thieves who were blocking the road in the territory. King Huainan said he was ill."

"I really don't understand. Back then, when the Second Emperor of Qin acted in rebellion, the people of the world had to be reduced to thieves, blocking the way and looting, but now, why are there still thieves everywhere?"

"And those generals who can rush ten times in the enemy's formation when they are young, how can they get sick so easily when they are old?"

When Liu Bang said this, the princes were thoughtful, and all the ministers bowed their heads, but no one dared to speak.

"Your Majesty, today's thieves are no longer the thieves they used to be. Now your Majesty administers benevolent government, the people are prosperous, the thieves eat well, and the weapons they use are good. Naturally, they are more powerful than before." The person who said this was Liu Jiao, Of course, he was the only one who could say such "rebellious" words in front of Liu Bang.

This time, Liu Bang almost laughed out loud.

He pointed at Liu Jiao and scolded helplessly: "You, you, you are so stupid to learn from those Confucian scholars!"

With the interruption of Liu Jiao, Liu Bang skipped the matter of the princes for the time being. In fact, there was another prince and king who did not come, Lu Wan, the king of Yan.

Liang Wang Peng Yue, together with Han Xin and Ying Bu, are also known as the three famous generals in the early Han Dynasty. They are also players at the ceiling level. He can fight with Xiang Yu. Relationship, he is not the kind of Chen Xi who followed Liu Bang very early.

He was originally a "all the way princes", and he became a self-contained one. He participated in the war to destroy Qin. When Liu Bang fought Xiang Yu, he firmly stood on Liu Bang's side. Because of his military exploits, he was named King of Liang after the destruction of Chu.

Huainan Wang Yingbu, along with Peng Yue and Han Xin, were also known as the three famous generals of the early Han Dynasty. Well, their record was not bad. If Peng Yue was self-contained, then Yingbu simply defected.He was originally a general under Xiang Yu, who played a huge role in the war to destroy Qin, and was named King of Jiujiang by Xiang Yu.

In the battle of Chu and Han, after being fooled by Liu Bang together, he betrayed the state of Chu and went to Liu Bang. After destroying Chu, Liu Bang named him the king of Huainan.

These two people are not too close to Liu Bang, but Lu Wan, the King of Yan, is different.Lu Wan and Liu Bang were born in the same year, the same month and the same day. From childhood to adulthood, wearing a pair of trousers is good. They belong to the kind of best friends. Lu Wan has followed Liu Bang since he was a child, and he is closer than his own brothers. He can come and go at will The palace, seeing Liu Bang's family, called Liu Chang and others as Youzi.

This time Lu Wan didn't come, but it wasn't his problem, it was Liu Bang's problem. Liu Bang specially wrote a letter to him, telling him not to come, and asking him to be prepared.He is the only one who can be told about such secret things. It can be seen that he is the only person Liu Bang trusts, and neither Liu Jiao nor Liu Fei know about it.
Liu Bang also stopped talking about the affairs of the princes. He glanced at Xiao He and motioned for Xiao He to speak.

Xiao He stood up and said seriously: "The kings may not know it yet, just last month, Young Master made a new spinning wheel. This spinning wheel is different from the previous spinning wheels, and its efficiency is extremely high. I have roughly calculated , this spinning wheel is eight times more efficient than previous spinning wheels."

Xiao He said, looked at the eunuch in the distance, and soon, a valet stepped forward and put a few rough design drawings in front of Liu Jiao and Liu Jia.Xiao He then continued: "I have ordered the Shaofu to manufacture such machines on a large scale. I am going to use the servants to operate these machines and spin cloth with all my strength."

"In addition, I have sent the design drawings to the locality, and ordered the locality to manufacture spinning wheels and lease them to the people, so as to make the spinning wheels replace the original spinning wheels and be fully promoted in the Dahan territory. People generally use spinning wheels to encourage people to plant mulberries and raise silkworms.”

"We will gradually ban the exchange of cloth as currency."

Liu Bang's first reaction after seeing the spinning wheel was to use it to brag to everyone. This was made by the most incompetent little doll in my family. How about it?The second reaction was to give it to Xiao He and let him make the best use of it.

Xiao He did not disappoint Liu Bang. For the spinning wheel, he had four directions: official mass production, promotion among the common people, encouragement of raw materials, and final market circulation.

After all, cloth in this era is equivalent to money. If people can print money on a large scale, think about the consequences. Although cloth itself is valuable, it will still cause confusion in the market. From this point of view, Xiao He still thinks. Very thorough.

After finishing the general direction, Xiao He gradually talked about the specific implementation methods.

"I hope that after returning home, the kings can learn from my method and implement it in the country."

What Xiao He said was very polite, in fact, he asked them to follow his own practice and implement it in China as soon as possible.Although Liu Jiao, Liu Jia, and Liu Fei were all powerful princes and kings, they did not dare to go against the advice of the great Han Prime Minister. Get up and salute.

Participating in such a big event made Liu Ruyi feel very proud, resisting the smirk on his face, telling himself again and again, Liu Ruyi!You are still in mourning!Can't laugh!His expression made him look naive, just like Liu Chang.

Liu Bang then talked to them about the things in their fiefs, mainly asking about the situation in their territory, military strength and the like.

Liu Ruyi naturally didn't have the chance to interject. He had never been to the fief at all, so he honestly listened to his uncles and brothers answering Father's questions.He listened carefully, after all, this was his first time participating in government affairs, and it was also the capital he could brag about later in Tianlu Pavilion.

(End of this chapter)